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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #2263 - חָבַק

Transliteration

châbaq

Phonetics

khaw-bak'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

Verb

TWOT

597

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) to embrace, clasp

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to embrace

1a2) to fold one’s hands in idleness (figuratively)

1b) (Piel) to embrace

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 4905 ‑ συνέρχομαι (soon‑er'‑khom‑ahee); 4912 ‑ συνέχω (soon‑ekh'‑o); 4016 ‑ περιβάλλω (per‑ee‑bal'‑lo);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

KJV (14)

Genesis

2 Kings

Job

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

Song of Solomon

Lamentations

NAS (13)

Genesis

2 Kings

Job

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

Song of Solomon

Lamentations

HCS (13)

Genesis

2 Kings

Job

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

Song of Solomon

Lamentations

BSB (13)

Genesis

2 Kings

Job

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

Song of Solomon

Lamentations

ESV (11)

Genesis

2 Kings

Job

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

Lamentations

WEB (14)

Genesis

2 Kings

Job

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

Song of Solomon

Lamentations

Verse Results

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2142) q b h (ההבק HhBQ) AC: Embrace CO: ? AB: ?: [from: bh- as being enclose]

V) q b h (ההבק HhBQ) - Embrace: KJV (13): (vf: Paal, Piel) embrace, fold - Strongs: H2263 (חָבַק)

ed^m) q f b i h (ההיבוק HhYBWQ) - Embrace: KJV (2): folding - Strongs: H2264 (חִבֻּק)

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

חָבַק in Kal only occurring three times, inf. חֲבֹק Ecclesiastes 3:5, part. חֹבֵק Ecclesiastes 4:5; 2 Kings 4:16, elsewhere only in Piel.

Piel חִבֵּק fut. יְחַבֵּק part. מְחַבֵּק

(1) to embrace, followed by an acc. Genesis 33:4; Proverbs 4:8, 5:20 followed by a dat. Genesis 29:13, 48:10. To embrace the rock, the dunghill, for to lie, or make one’s bed, on them, Job 24:8; Lamentations 4:5.

(2) with the addition of יָדַיִם to fold the hands (spoken of an idle man), Ecclesiastes 4:5. Hence

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List of Word Forms

וַֽיְחַבְּקֵ֔הוּ וַיְחַבֵּ֥ק וַיְחַבֶּק־ וּ֝תְחַבֵּ֗ק ויחבק ויחבק־ ויחבקהו ותחבק חִבְּק֖וּ חִבְּקוּ־ חֹבֵ֣ק חֹבֶ֣קֶת חבק חבקו חבקו־ חבקת לַחֲב֔וֹק לחבוק מֵחַבֵּֽק׃ מחבק׃ תְּחַבְּקֵֽנִי׃ תְחַבְּקֶֽנָּה׃ תחבקנה׃ תחבקני׃ chibbeku choVek choVeket ḥib·bə·qū ḥib·bə·qū- ḥibbəqū ḥibbəqū- ḥō·ḇe·qeṯ ḥō·ḇêq ḥōḇêq ḥōḇeqeṯ la·ḥă·ḇō·wq lachaVok laḥăḇōwq mê·ḥab·bêq mechabBek mêḥabbêq tə·ḥab·bə·qê·nî ṯə·ḥab·bə·qen·nāh techabbeKeni techabbeKennah təḥabbəqênî ṯəḥabbəqennāh ū·ṯə·ḥab·bêq utechabBek ūṯəḥabbêq vaychabbek vaychabbeKehu way·ḥab·bə·qê·hū way·ḥab·bêq way·ḥab·beq- wayḥabbêq wayḥabbeq- wayḥabbəqêhū

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